Chattahoochee Technical College Amir and Hassan Loving Friendship Essay

Choose one of the topics listed below and write a fully developed essay (two to three pages).The essay should be formatted with MLA Style and should follow all of the guidelines for an essay about literature, including a clear thesis statement, two or three specific examples from the work in each body paragraph and at least one (documented) quotation in each body paragraph.There should be a works cited page at the end of the essay.You may use only the novel itself as reference as you write the essay.

Choose from the following topics:

Write a character analysis of one of the following characters from the novel: Amir, Hassan, Baba, or Ali.(Be specific in your descriptions.)

Choose one of the following themes and discuss how it is illustrated in the novel: discrimination, heroism, man’s inhumanity to man, forgiveness, or guilt.

Choose one of the following conflicts and discuss how it is illustrated in the novel: man versus man, man versus his environment, man versus himself.

Contrast Baba’s and Amir’s acclimation to life in America.

Describe Amir and Hassan’s relationship.

The novel addresses the relationship between the past and the present.Write an essay in which you discuss how the elements from Amir’s past shape his present and future.

Describe Baba and Amir’s relationship with emphasis on the changes through the years.